Tennesseans, particularly those in the Nashville and Franklin areas, will get a kick out of seeing lots of familiar places.
He can see grandeur in his future but could a secret from his past hold him back? As Jake struggles, it is a returning old flame (played by Kerry Knuppe) who keeps him grounded.
One of the film’s themes is life experiences and the truth that ‘life happens.’ Up and coming country singer, Jake Reeson (played by Joel Smallbone) has the whole world before him. In the end, it is a story about humility, forgiveness, and restoration of relationships. Even without a clearer picture, however, the story was robust enough that I would gladly get another novella in this series.Keeping true to its title, the storyline is very much “like a country song,” highlighting a broken down country music singer, a pretty gal, an old flame, beer and juke joints with a hook that is riveting and tugs on your heart strings. On the other hand, I yearned for more details about the world, angelic backstory, magic-mined divinity power, and steampunk. On the one hand, the novella length made for a quick, engaging listen. There are no F bombs, a smattering of lesser cuss words, one mostly fade to black coupling scene, and themes of sex and violence that are powerfully, but thankfully not vividly, detailed. While the virtues, demons, and fallen may have otherworldly traits, they have all of the mundane baggage from spouses, landlords and jobs to sins like jealousy and greed. As much as I loved the ethereal twist I must say that the core story, about Celeste trying to defend her sister from a charge of murder, played out much the same as it would have if this were simply a murder in the 1880s involving race, gender, and class. Graham’s Bourbon voice was perfect for this lush, seductive novella.
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